Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Love Songs For Lamps - Believer Magazine compilation / roadshow

LOTS OF NEWS OVER HERE! Apologies for the long delay since the last update.

Since then, we have
- gone to NYC with Damned Dogs
- gone on tour with Saturday Looks Good to Me
- gone up to the UP with Swimsuit
- organized and played a bunch of cool gigs here in Michigan

Releases have slowed down, but that's ok. We have more coming soon.

More on all that later. But now some more exciting news!

LOVE SONGS FOR LAMPS compilation

OLD NIGHT is featured on the Love Songs For Lamps cassette compilation that our friend Calvin Johnson put together for the Believer Magazine. I'm really honored and excited to be a part of it. (OLD NIGHT is a cassette I did a while ago (Ginkgo #6), and since that time I have started playing solo shows as SHELLS, which is pretty similar)

This is what the magazine looks like! You can read the liner notes and other stuff at the link above. I've been listening to the compilation a lot, it's great!

LOVE SONGS FOR LAMPS roadshow

In conjunction with the release of the Believer Music Issue, they have also organized a roadshow with performers from the compilation! This is also in celebration of the 30th anniversary of K Records. Calvin asked me to play the New York show, so I'm headed out there tomorrow!

This will be my first solo appearance in New York! It would be great to see some friends if anyone's around. Even though I've been playing shows as Shells, this one is as Old Night cause that's what the cassette was under. I hope that isn't too confusing for everyone.

Here's a poster for the roadshow, featuring an illustration of yours truly: